<p>In our final episode of the Conversational Intelligence mini-series, Mary and I recap our favorite tips and tools to put at your fingertips, so that you can muster the “will” to have that next challenging conversation.</p>

Early Career Breakthrough Conversations:  Be Brave or Be Bold!

You need tools to make better connections through conversation. Elevating Conversations gives you data-driven tools to practice high impact and engaging conversations that elevate workplace relationships, so that you build confidence in your personal leadership brand.  After 15 years in the workforce and observing my global healthcare tech employer indoctrinate brilliant young minds into a culture of submission and vanilla wafers, I went looking for the work that I love to do:  sharing with people what they are good at and asking questions to reveal how to connect better with your personal thought processes and then with others. Your success starts with your next conversation! Deb Shannon’s conversations with Mary Stelletello and a variety of industry leaders, build confidence that each conversation that you have hits the marks for shared understanding, creativity and mutual results. We are here to help you discover that productive, co-creative and satisfying conversations are manageable and they are the cultural foundation of desirable workplaces and the future of work. We dive into Five Conversational Essentials® that you can use anytime to level up communications at work, in the community and at home. Tune in to listen to stories told by executive leaders about defining conversations in their careers. Learn how to notice if you are having a defining conversation and be ready for that moment!